Type-tie.



-H. CRAWFORD.

TYPE TIE.

APPLICATION FILED mus. I916.

Patented Sept. 5, 1916.

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TYPE-TIE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 5, 1916..

Application filed January 8, 1916. Serial No. 70,946.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HARRY CRAWFORD, a citizenof the United States, and a resident of Toledo, in the county of Lucasand State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Type-Tie; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to appliances for use in printing-offices, andparticularly to means for tying a quantity of type together in set-upform for subsequent use or to prevent pieing thereof until it can bedisposed of.

The object of my invention is the provision of simple and inexpensivemeans of the character described which is capable of being applied toset-up jobs, pages or forms of type of different shapes and sizes, andis operable in an easy and quick manner to bind or release the same.

The invention is fully described in the following specification, andwhile, in its broader aspect, it is capable of embodiment in numerousforms, a preferred embodiment thereof is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a device embodyingthe invention applied to a quantity of set-up type. Fig. 2 is anenlarged side view of the device with a portion of the binding tapebroken away and with the tightening means in released or open position.Fig. 3 is a plan view of the device with the tightening parts intightened or closed position and with portions of the tape broken away.Fig. 4c is a cross-section on the line a", 00 in Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 is atop View of the outer end portion of the movable tape engaging member.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the body member of the type-tie,which in the present instance, is of L or right-angular form to adapt itto fit around one corner of a set-up quantity of type 2, and ispreferably of metal or other suitable material of a rigid nature.

One arm, 1 in the present instance, of

the body member 1 carries a slide-bar 3 on its outer side forlongitudinal sliding movements thereon, said bar being guided for suchmovements by outwardly turned edge portions 1 of the body arm 1 or inany other suitable or convenient manner. The outer end of the slide-bar3 is provided with an l .-form of finger 5, which projectslongitudinally from the bar end and then upward in hook form, as shown.The outer edge of the upstanding part of the finger 5 is preferablytoothed or serrated, as at 5, for the purpose hereinafter described.

The sliding movements of the bar 3 on the body member 1 are controlledby a lever -6, which is pivoted to the member 1 at the outer side of thebar, with its pivot stud 7 projecting from said member and through aslot 8 in the bar. One end of the lever 6 is connected by a link 9 tothe bar for communicating movements therewith from the-lever, and theother end of the lever is transversely broadened, as at 10, with theouter edge of such broadened portion flared outward as at 11. When theslide-bar3 is retracted and the lever 6 disposed in reclining position,as shown in Fig. 1, the broadened portion 10 of the lever is disposed atthe outer side of the slide-bar finger 5. A length of tape 12, or othersuitable pliant binding member, is attached at one end to the outer endof the arm 1 of the body member 1, being looped in the present instance,through a slot or opening 13 therein, the other end of the tape beingleft free for wrapping around a quantity of type 2, and then engaged tothe finger 5 of the slide-bar 3.

In the use of my improved type-tie, the body member 1 is first placed inengagement with a corner of set-up type 2, provided the body member isadapted for fitting the corner, as in the present instance, and the tape12 is then drawn closely around the type 2 and looped at or near itsfree end around the upstanding finger 5 at the outer end of the slidebar3, which bar is then outwardly extended with respect to the body member1, as shown in Fig. 2. This having been done, the lever 6 is forced downto its reclining position, thereby effecting a retraction of theslide-bar and a consequent greater tightening of the tape or bindingmember 12 around the type 2 to securely hold it in its set-up form. Asthe outer end of the lever 6 is forced down at the outer side of thefinger 5, it engages the loopedback end portion of the tape 12 andclamps it to thefinger, and also serves to retain it in engagement withthe toothed or serrated edge 5 of the finger, as shown in Fig. 3.

I wish it understood that my invention is not limited to any specificconstruction, arrangement or form-of the parts, as it is capable ofnumerous modifications without departing from-the spirit of the claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A type-tie having a body member, a pliant, binding part attached atone end to said member, a slide-bar carried by said member for movementslengthwise thereof and capable of adjustable engagement with said part,and means operable to reciprocally move said part on the body member.

2. A type-tie having a body member, a pliant binding part attached atone end to said member, a slide-bar carried by said member for movementslengthwise thereof and capable of adjustable engagement with said part,and means operable to reciprocally move said part on the body member andto coeperate with the slide-bar to retain said part in engagementtherewith.

3. A type-tie having a body member, a tape attached at one end to an endof said member, a slide-bar carried by said member for movementslengthwise thereof and having a tape engaging part at one end, and alever carried by said member and connected to said bar and operable tomove the bar on said member and to cooperate with said part to clamp thetape thereto.

l. A type-tie having an angular body member, a slide-bar carried by andmovable lengthwise of one of the arms of said member, a tape attached toone end of said member and adapted to be removably attached to saidslide-bar, and means operable to move the bar to effect a contraction ofthe tape when in engagement with said bar.

5. A type-tie having an angular body member, a slide-bar carried by andmovable lengthwise of one of the arms of said member, a tape attached toone end of said member and adapted to be removably attached to saidslide-bar, and means operable to move the slide-bar to effect acontraction of the tape when in engagement with said bar and to securethe tape in adjustable tightened relation to said bar.

6. A type-tie having a body member of L-form, a slide-bar mounted forreciprocatory movements on one arm of said member lengthwise thereof andhaving an upstanding finger at its outer end, a tape attached to one endof said member and adapted to have its other end portion placed inlooped engagement with said bar finger, and means operable to move saidbar to contract the tape about an encircled object and to clamp the tapein engaged position to said finger.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name to thisspecification.

HARRY CRAWFORD.

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Washington, D. G.

